Although he also failed to study the strength of this opponent, why he knocked down strong teams like Marseille, Real Sociedad, and especially Dortmund, Li Mudi still did not have the slightest idea of negligence. Although the weekend will face a strong Inter Milan in the league, which will be a crucial clash that could decide the fate of a third Champions League ticket, the Torino boss has fielded all the players available in this European competition to try to end the suspense of this knockout round at this home stadium.

At 21:05 on the evening of April 5, Italian time, the first leg of the four Europa League quarterfinals was opened at the same time, not to mention the other three matchups, at least the Turin Olympic Stadium ushered in another full today, in the cheering of more than 26,000 home fans, the Red Bulls launched a tidal wave of offensive from the beginning, and directly suppressed the unprepared away team.

The home team still set up a 3-5-2 formation today, and Cassie's position is naturally unshakable, with Diego Llorente, Ranocchia and Canneman's strongest central three in the team finally reunited, with Silvestri, Tulalang, Benasi, Vukocevic and Bareka in front of the five midfielders from right to left, and the two strikers are still the golden partnership of Immobile and Belotti.

However, after the opening, Benassi directly played the role of a forward midfielder behind the two strikers, the veteran Tulalang also came up many times to meet his teammates, plus the wingbacks on both sides continued to set up assists, the Torino team got four chances to attack the goal in the first eight minutes, and also twice attacked the opponent's hinterland, and had the momentum to swallow Red Bull Salzburg in one bite.

And their strong force also paid off early, in the eighth minute, Immobile received a short pass from Vukocevic in the middle of the field and led the ball directly to the visiting goal. After being intercepted by an opposition defender, Torino's No.10 played the ball to Silvestri on the right, who took advantage of the early start to get past the opponent's left-back, burst into the right side of the penalty area, and then sent an inverted triangle cross. Belotti, who was outflanked in the middle of the goal, shot directly with his right foot, but was distracted by a sliding tackle interception by a defender at the front post and failed to hit the target. But the ball that slipped past was the perfect encounter with Benassi at the back post, and he easily slotted a right-footed shot from far to give the Red Bulls an early lead.

Truth be told, much of the reason for this goal came down to the visitors' unstable form. As mentioned before, Red Bull Salzburg's defensive system is still quite level, the goalkeeper is the experienced 34-year-old German veteran Walker, who has played for the Bundesliga teams Rostock and Freiburg for many years, and also served as the main force of the German national youth team in his youth.

The backline, which consists of Croatian rising star Calleta Karl, Brazilian Lamalho on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, and two Austrian internationals, Ulmer and Reina, combined with the team's most valuable Malian defender, Samaseku's superb interception ability and tireless running, can cause all kinds of problems for the opposition attacking players in every game. Especially today, they also lined up a 4-4-2 formation in parallel to the midfield, and the young Austrian new international Schrager was able to recycle to help his teammates in front of the defence, so it can be said that the tactical concept of defending first on the road is still very clear.

It's just that they didn't expect that the home team would attack without the slightest temptation after the opening, resulting in Salzburg's players losing the goal before they could fully enter the game, and the balance of promotion was slightly tilted in favor of the Torino team.

Thankfully, the visiting coach Marcolos reacted in time, running to the sidelines before the restart, signaling Mali midfielder Hajdala, who played as a guest on the right side of midfield, to reduce his attacking investment and move closer to the middle to prevent the home side from creating a threat in both ribs of his side. As for the team's attack, it was all handed over to two forwards, Israeli fringe international Dabur and Norway's short fast Magulbransen, while left wing-back Kosovo international Walomberisha acted as a libero up front to provide firepower support to his team-mates up front.

All three players have been in excellent form this season, contributing 30 goals and 18 assists in total, and are best at playing with a quick counter-attack, which has been a key factor in the Austrian champions' ability to play on all three fronts this year.

After this change, the visitors immediately stabilized their position, not only successfully suppressed the success rate of the Torino team's advance in the front, but also got two chances to shoot on the counter-attack, although both were out of the woodwork, but still created a little nervousness for Cassie, who had been idle before.

Seeing that a slight adjustment by the opponent brought the balance of the game back to a balanced state, Li Mudi also couldn't sit still in the coach's box, he got up and went to the sidelines, waving his hand to signal the home team players to play with the ball in the middle and back. In this way, you can completely suppress the opponent's counterattack intention, anyway, you now have a one-goal lead, and you are fighting at home, and the situation is still dominant.

However, from this seemingly ordinary change in the position of the personnel, the Torino coach can feel that the colleague who is ten meters away from him at the moment and is also watching the game from the sidelines is indeed capable and a difficult opponent.

Malcoros, born on September 11, 1976, is still in the ranks of young marshals at the age of 41. As a child, his grandfather, who was a professional footballer, was inspired to become a good footballer, but he didn't show much talent as a left wing-back. After starting his career at Leipzig, he was unable to occupy a stable starting point, and then moved between Hannover 96 and Mainz, returning to his hometown at the end of his career to end a career that did not have much to praise.

In the summer of 2009, the 33-year-old Rose was offered his first non-player contract and became assistant coach of the first team at Mainz, under the auspices of Thomas Tuchel, one of Germany's most famous managers. In 2012, he took over the reins of the RB Leipzig reserve team and thus became a descendant of the Red Bull Group. After moving to Austria, he signed a two-year contract with the same team last summer after a tenure as head coach of Red Bull Salzburg's youth teams at all levels and a UEFA Under-19 title. For most of the season, the team not only maintained its dominance in the domestic league, but also achieved a huge breakthrough in its performance in European competitions, and was named one of the top ten rising stars by the German media.

Malcolos is accustomed to a 4-4-2 formation in a diamond position, and is accustomed to using a combination of zone and man marking in defence, while in attack it is about high speed and efficiency, which is very similar to some of Real Madrid's characteristics. And the head coach also has a good vision, although the attraction of the Austrian league is very poor, and there are almost no good foreign players, but he still has a very explosive team backed by Red Bull.

The likes of Dabre, Gulbranson and Haidala who he brought in last summer (including on loan) have become absolute mainstays in the squad, and the addition of talented young players such as Wolf and Schmid also shows that Rose has a long-term plan. Seeing this German, Li Mudi is like seeing another self, which feels really subtle!

Seeing the home side's return to formation, Red Bull Salzburg took advantage of the situation to push the three lines forward for some distance and were able to test the solidity of Torino's defence with a few chances of possession. In the 27th minute, Berisha, who was cruising to the right, suddenly sent a pick-up pass, and Dabur stepped forward like an arrow from the string to form a one-on-one momentum. Fortunately, Canneman was focused enough, gritted his teeth and followed closely to the side of the visiting striker, but failed to make the opponent's wishful thinking kick off. Dabur, who saw that the inside line was blocked, ended the attack with a low-angle volley, and his footwork was good today, allowing Casey to make a sideways save and force a corner.

In the 35th minute, the visitors, who had rarely made much of their game in the game, took a free-kick again, Berisha sent the ball out of the back of the box on the left side of the field, and Ranocchia accurately judged the landing point and cleared it with his first-altitude header of the game. However, the second penalty was picked up by the Salzburg players when Hajdala burst up and volleyed directly into the far corner from just outside the box to the right. The goal was of such high quality that it slid past the feet of a number of players and seriously interfered with the Torino goalkeeper's vision, making him unable to make any save. Fortunately, the ball eventually grazed the bottom line on the outside of the post, and did not let this world wave be born in the Olympic Stadium.

However, the final victory or defeat of the football game still depends mainly on strength, and the red bull who retracted his fist, although it no longer looks aggressive, has no less potential lethality. The home side took advantage of the gaps in the back of their attacking efforts to make two of their best counter-attacks before half-time and extend their lead to two goals.

In the 42nd minute, Torino immediately launched a long ball attack after the ball broke off at the back, and Tulalang showed that he was not only tough defensively, and a pick pass from 25 meters out gave Benassi a good opportunity to cut forward. The latter caught up with the ball four meters in front of the baseline, but instead of rushing to cross with his left foot, he slowed down the tempo to lure the visiting right-back Reiner to make up for it, and suddenly a smash flashed the opponent, and then picked the ball near the far post with his better right foot.

As many as five Salzburg players retreated into their own penalty area, but they were unable to form a good defensive formation, giving Belotti a great opportunity to go unmarked at the back post, but Red Bebe miraculously headed the close-range header into the side-netting on the outside of the post, and the Torino team unfortunately missed the second goal.

However, before the visitors could congratulate themselves on their escape, the home team returned two minutes later and used a brilliant team effort to make it 2-0.

The visitors' corner was badly spotted and was knocked out of the box by Cassie with both fists, and Bareka, who was fighting for the second spot, got past Berisha with a clever back-turn, shook off Berisha's attempt to commit a tactical foul, and ran forward with the ball himself at high speed. As soon as he crossed the halfway line and was pressed by the opposition defender Samaseku, the Torino left wing-back immediately transferred the ball to Benasi who followed up in the middle, who naturally advanced at high speed, and in the blink of an eye came to the top of the arc of the visiting team's penalty area 15 meters away.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Salzburg's left-back Ulmer hurriedly closed in to block the home team's forward path with the ball, but revealed a large gap in his marking area, and Benassi pushed the ball with the instep of his foot to send the ball to the most lethal place. Belotti burst into the right side of the penalty area, won the ball without adjusting, and immediately knocked on the goal. Immobile, who had been using his own running to open up space for his team-mates, got in front of all the defenders like a ghost, and unleashed a right-footed backheel shot from the line of the six-yard box, which passed under the arm of the visiting goalkeeper Valker, who was noticeably slower, and crashed into the net inside the net.

At this moment, the entire Turin Olympic Stadium was boiling, and all the home fans were in a frenzy, and many people even rushed out of the seating area, climbed onto the protective net, and roared loudly into the stadium, venting their excitement for witnessing such a wonderful goal.

Everyone on the home bench stood up, high-fived each other with smiles on their faces, and let out exclamations, all of them were impressed by the brilliant team-action goal that their team-mates had just scored. Only Li Mudi came to the sidelines to win and called on the players to concentrate and not let the opponent seize the last time of the first half to create a threat, but the joy on his face was still vaguely revealed, after all, who would not enjoy a near-perfect goal except for the supporters of the visiting team!

When the referee blew the whistle for half-time, the Torino fans who came to watch the game turned on the carnival mode, with various choruses and waving team flags, so that the hundreds of visiting fans who came from afar were completely drowned in the sea of red. The 2-0 lead at half-time was not huge, but the difference in momentum and ability between the two teams was clear, and even with Red Bull Salzburg scoring 2-of-5 shots, it was still a bit inadequate against the home team's excellent defensive combination. In everyone's eyes, the probability of the Red Bulls winning a complete game is already extremely high.

And when Belotti rewrote the score to 3-0 with a push shot in the 65th minute of the game, everyone will inevitably think in their hearts that this victory is really unexpectedly easy!